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Acadia Healthcare is a leading provider of behavioral healthcare in the United States and the largest stand-alone behavioral healthcare company in the country. Headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, Acadia operates a national network of 279 facilities spanning 40 states and Puerto Rico, where approximately 25,000 employees care for more than 84,000 patients each day. This community of care is united by a shared purpose to Lead Care With Light® and a mission to provide compassionate care that improves lives, inspires hope and elevates communities. Our mission comes to life across the continuum of behavioral healthcare, from acute inpatient hospitals and specialty treatment facilities to residential treatment, outpatient programs and comprehensive treatment centers. Through evidence-based treatment and clinical programming, Acadia serves people of all ages experiencing mental health and substance use disorders. Company Structure Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. is a holding company with subsidiaries that conduct healthcare and management operations. The terms “Acadia,” “Acadia Healthcare,” “the company,” “we,” and “our” as used refer to Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. and its subsidiaries, unless otherwise stated or indicated by context. The terms “facilities,” “centers,” “clinics,” and “hospitals” refer to entities owned, operated, or managed by subsidiaries of Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. References herein to “Acadia employees” or to “our employees” refer to employees of subsidiaries of Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc.

Center for Discovery has been providing residential and outpatient treatment for adults and teens for over 20 years. At Center for Discovery, we provide treatment for men and women with eating disorders, teens with eating disorders, teens with mental health disorders, and teens with substance abuse issues. Each of our locations is dedicated solely to one of our specialized treatment programs. By keeping each location specialized to one of our treatment programs, we are able to provide the most effective and efficient treatment. All of our locations provide treatment for only a small number of residents at one time to maintain an intimate setting and a high staff to resident ratio. Treatment within a residential neighborhood or outpatient facilities allows our clients to feel more comfortable in a familiar surrounding and provides greater transferability and internalization of the treatment experience to life after treatment. We place a high priority on providing an environment where our clients feel like and are treated like people, never patients.

AmericanWork, LLC began providing services to Georgia’s severely mentally ill adults in 1999, and today offers a range of services that maximize the ability of people with a mental illness or addictive disorder to live and thrive in their community. Our goals are parallel with the recovery and resiliency model Georgia desires. AmericanWork, Inc. is a subsidiary of Pathways Health and Human Services.